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July 11, 2017
Brazil
- Dom Phillips, “Environmentalists in Brazil Blame Government for Amazon Land Violence” (The Guardian (Uk), July 11, 2017).
According to the Pastoral Land Commission, a not-for-profit group, 45 people have been murdered this year in land conflicts, compared to 61 in the whole of 2016
- “La Escalada de Violencia y Muertes Pone en Alerta a Rio” (Igarape Institute (Brazil), July 11, 2017).
Después de una exitosa reducción en la tasa de homicidios de más del 40% entre 2008 y 2015, hoy el panorama en Río es muy deprimente y no se ve una solución rápida con el horizonte político tan convulsionado
Colombia
- “Anatomia de las Farc” (Semana (Colombia), July 11, 2017).
El censo socioeconómico que la Universidad Nacional realizó a 10.015 excombatientes revela el enorme desafío que plantea la reincorporación de una guerrilla profundamente campesina, de baja escolaridad, de bajo arraigo familiar y con secuelas de conflicto, pero con grandes esperanzas de futuro
- Edith M. Lederer, “New un Mission in Colombia to Focus on Reintegrating Farc” (Associated Press, The Washington Post, July 11, 2017).
A British-drafted resolution establishes the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia for an initial period of one year starting on Sept. 17
- Jineth Prieto, “Cano Indio: Un Campanazo para Rafael Pardo” (La Silla Vacia (Colombia), July 11, 2017).
Los anuncios de la plata que llegaría por la sustitución de la coca y la inversión en infraestructura a la vez que llenó de esperanza a muchos, provocó toda una pugna de poder entre líderes campesinos
- “Reintegracion y Seguridad, los Retos de una Segunda Mision de la Onu en Colombia” (El Espectador (Colombia), July 11, 2017).
Esta nueva misión se centrará en el acompañamiento a la integración en la sociedad de los exguerrilleros, incluyendo los temas de seguridad
- “Consejo de Seguridad Da Luz Verde a Segunda Mision de la Onu en Colombia” (El Espectador (Colombia), July 11, 2017).
La operación, que se centrará en el acompañamiento a la integración en la sociedad de los exguerrilleros, arranca oficialmente el próximo 26 de septiembre
Mexico
- Patrick J. Mcdonnell, “One Mexican Town Revolts Against Violence and Corruption. Six Years in, Its Experiment Is Working” (The Los Angeles Times, July 11, 2017).
Without any major crime in Cheran, local officials handle minor offenses such as theft, drunk-driving and disorderly conduct, typically imposing sentences of community service
- Matthew Boyle, “Mark Meadows Draws Line in the Sand: Next Spending Bill Must Fund President Trump’s Border Wall” (Breitbart, July 11, 2017).
Meadows—the chairman of the most influential group of House conservatives in Congress, the House Freedom Caucus—said that there are enough members in Congress to hold the line against any funding bill that does not explicitly provide for the beginning of construction
- Rob o’dell, “Teen Killed by Border Patrol Agent Was Throwing Rocks Before His Death, Federal Prosecutors Concede” (The Arizona Republic, July 11, 2017).
The fact that Elena Rodriguez was throwing rocks complicates the case for prosecutors because they must prove that the rocks thrown by the teenager were not a deadly threat
Honduras, Mexico
- Lev Garcia, “Honduran Video Journalist Shot to Death in Mexico” (Associated Press, ABC News, July 11, 2017).
Edwin Rivera Paz was shot to death Sunday in the town of Acayucan
Venezuela
- Mike Gonzalez, “Being Honest About Venezuela” (Jacobin, July 11, 2017).
The Left outside Venezuela can help rebuild the movement by participating in an honest accounting of what went wrong
- Francisco Toro, “Is This the Turning Point Venezuelans Have Been Waiting For?” (The Washington Post, July 11, 2017).
Bringing Leopoldo López home shows something that has been entirely absent from talks until now: a real willingness to make significant concessions
- “Autoridades Venezolanas Imputan a Coronel de la Gnb Por “Violacion de Derechos Humanos”” (EFE, SinEmbargo (Mexico), July 11, 2017).
El oficial fue acusado por la oposición de permitir el ingreso de colectivos chavistas al Palacio Legislativo
- David Smilde, “The Logic of the Lopez Measure” (Washington Office on Latin America, July 11, 2017).
The move facilitates the government’s ability to remove Luisa Ortega Díaz from the Attorney General’s office
- Alexandra Ulmer, Eyanir Chinea, “Workers at Venezuela Prosecutor’s Office to Fight Expected Ouster of Ortega” (Reuters **, July 11, 2017).
Luisa Ortega, Venezuela’s lead prosecutor and main challenger to Maduro from within the ruling socialist movement, has said she is expecting to be fired after alleging human rights abuses and erosion of democracy